Florida Statute 111.09 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title X
PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND RECORDS

Chapter 111
PUBLIC OFFICERS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 111.09

111.09 Peer support for first responders.—

(1) For purposes of this section, the term:

(a) “Affiliated first responder organization” includes, but is not limited to, any of the following organizations:

1. Regularly organized volunteer firefighting departments or associations.

2. Regularly organized volunteer ambulance services.

3. Combination fire departments, as that term is defined in s. 633.135(1).

(b) “First responder” has the same meaning as provided in s. 112.1815 and includes 911 public safety telecommunicators as defined in s. 401.465, correctional officers as defined in s. 943.10(2), and correctional probation officers as defined in s. 943.10(3).

1. Is not a health care practitioner as defined in s. 456.001.

2. Has experience working as or with a first responder, including active, volunteer, and retired first responders, regarding any physical or emotional conditions or issues associated with the first responder’s employment.

3. Has been designated by the first responder’s employing agency or affiliated first responder organization to provide peer support as provided in this section and has received training for this purpose.

(d) “Peer support” means the provision of physical, moral, or emotional support to a first responder by a first responder peer for the purpose of addressing physical or emotional conditions or other issues associated with being a first responder.

(e) “Peer support communication” means electronic, oral, or written communication, made with a mutual expectation of confidentiality while a first responder peer is providing peer support in his or her official capacity.

(2) A first responder peer may not divulge information from or testify about a peer support communication in a civil, criminal, administrative, or disciplinary proceeding, unless:

(a) The first responder peer is a defendant in a civil, criminal, administrative, or disciplinary proceeding arising from a complaint filed by the first responder who was a party to the peer support communication, in which case such information may be divulged but is limited to the scope of the proceeding;

(b) The first responder who was a party to the peer support communication agrees, in writing, to allow the first responder peer to testify about or divulge information related to the peer support communications;

(c) Based on the peer support communications, the first responder peer suspects that the first responder who was a party to the peer support communications has committed a criminal act or intends to commit a criminal act. There is no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature may arise against, the first responder peer for disclosing information under this paragraph; or

(d) There are articulable facts or circumstances that would lead a reasonable, prudent person to fear for the safety of the first responder who was a party to the peer support communication, another person, or society, and the first responder peer communicates the information only to a potential victim and law enforcement or other appropriate authorities. There is no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature may arise against, the first responder peer for disclosing information under this paragraph.

(3) This section does not limit the disclosure, discovery, or admissibility of information, testimony, or evidence that is obtained by a first responder peer from a source other than a first responder through a peer support communication.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2020-104; s. 1, ch. 2023-252; s. 1, ch. 2024-35.

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Amendments to 111.09

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 111.09

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 111.09.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 111.09

Total Results: 7

Perea v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-09-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 98 So. 3d 667, 2012 WL 4465516, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 16468

Snippet: entered the plea in exchange for a sentence of 111.9 months in prison followed by ten years’ probation

Martin v. Ocean Reef Villas Ass'n, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-07-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 547 So. 2d 1237

Snippet: common elements of the association. Section 718.111(9), Florida Statutes, authorizes an association to

Cenac v. Florida State Bd. of Accountancy

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-05-29T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 399 So. 2d 1013

Snippet: his CPA certificate became inoperative. See § 473.111(9), Fla. Stat. (1977), permitting a CPA certificate…not practicing public accounting. *1017 See § 473.111(9), supra. Although we are confronted by the somewhat…Contrary to Rule 21A 7.06. [5] Contrary to § 473.111(9)(a)(1). [6] The Board, for the first time in its

Palm Beach Leisureville Community Association, Inc. v. Raines

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-05-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 398 So. 2d 471

Snippet: common elements of any of the condominiums, § 718.111(9); and it does not have the power to purchase the

MacNeil v. Singer

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-09-24T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 389 So. 2d 232

Snippet: officer cited MacNeil for a violation of section 316.111(9), Florida Statutes (1975). Section 318.14, Florida… MacNeil was charged with a violation of § 316.111(9), Fla. Stat. (1975), now renumbered § 316.2065(9

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-03-06T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: have no application to bicycle riders. Section 316.111(9), F.S., prescribes certain types of lamps and reflectors…safety flag or rod is outside the scope of s. 316.111(9), since such a light of less than 1 candlepower …question refers falls outside the purview of s. 316.111(9), its use on bicycles is not prohibited. I would

Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Welch

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1907-01-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 53 Fla. 145

Snippet: Cincinnati & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Hixon, 79 Ind. 111; 9 Ency. Pl. & Pr. 3 and 4. The other case cited